Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-02-24
NO"O ny IO'o6s"''
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
FATAL EARTH TREMORS.
Hundreds of Lives Lost
In Italy.
TERRIBLE SCENES OF WOE.
Sir John Macdonald In
Close Quarters,
OUR BULWARKS OF DEFENSE.
Labor Men Discard Georges
Land Theory.
A FATAL SHAKE ITALY.

Many Lives Lost and Many Persons
Injured by an Earthquake-Terr
Work of Death and R ufn.
ROME, Feb. 23.-Two shocks of earthquake
occurred at Nice at six o'clock this morning.
The shocks were very pronounced. Build
ings were rocked to and fro, walls cracked
and some tenement houses of weak construc-
ton thrown down. The shocks caused the
utmost CONSERVATION among the people, who
fed into the streets, invoking divine assist
ance and protection. Many threw themselves
on their knees and prayed ferventiy that
they might be spared. A number of people
were injured. Shocks were also felt in Mon
te Carlo, Monaco and as far as Genoa. In
Monaco the shocks were very severe and
huge masses of rocks were precipitated into
the from the overhanging bluffs on the
coast. People visiting at Nice are fleeing
the place in terror. The Prince of Wales,
who has been sojourning at Nice, is safe at
Cannes, having left the former place a few
days ago. Many casualties are reported from
Nice. The residents are panic stricken and
have abandoned their dwellings. The streets
are crowded with people who are focking to
the parks and open spaces with view to
safety. Camps are already pitched in many
places. The railway stations thronged
with people who have been visiting and
anxious to leave the city. Two houses and
the Maison Bourke have already fallen, and
many others are so injured that another
shock would certainly cause their utter de-
struction. Three persons are known to be
buried in the ruins of the Maison Bourke
From Marseilles report comes of an earth
quake occurring there which was violent
enough to crack the walls of several build
ings and throw the people into a state of
frenzy At Leghorn l., Milan, and in in
Geneva shocks were also felt, badly
frightening the Inhabitants. No other
damage is reported. The telegraph wires
are working badly aed only meagre accounts
have so far been received. All the shocks
occurred this morning. Later accounts from
Nice say that the Rivera was packed with
English and American notables and partici-
pators in the last carnival ball of the season.
en- route to their homes, when the first shock
occurred, The majority of them were terror
stricken and rushed to open places to get out
of the way of falling walls. Queen Victoria
early this morning telegraphed anxious
inquiry to the Prince of Wales at Cannes to
be treasured that his royal highness had not
been injured and informing him that the
government requested him to return home at
once so to allay the anxiety of the people
regarding his safety. At Savona many houses
were wrecked and eleven persons are report
ed killed
ROME Feb. 23.-The earthquake devastat
ed the Rivera. Several houses were destroy
ed at Noli, Fifteen people were killed and
thirty wounded. At Oneglia number of
people were killed and hundreds wounded.
One third of the town of Diano Marine was
destroyed.
LONDON, Feb. 23-Further details of the
earthquake on that part of the northern
shore of the Mediterranean known as the
Riviera di Genoa, the eastern part of which
is called Riviera di Levante and the western
portion the Riviera dl Ponente, show that
the disaster was more extensive and destruc-
tive to life and property than first reports in
Dictated. At Cerro, a small town near Diano-
Marine, many houses were overthrow and
three hundred persons buried in the
ruins, none of whom be extricated
alive. Besides these many others were
injured by falling bricks and stones, some
probably fatally. Railway traffic west of
Savona is entirely suspended, the tracks in
many places being thrown out of place. The
prisoners in the government jail at Finale
Borgo became panic stricken during the
shocks and made furious attempts to escape.
They were overpowered by the guards and
finally quoted.